Chicago is a city that wears its American heart proudly on its sleeve. The city's diverse ethnic mix has built a city with an unrivalled tradition of jazz and blues, an astonishing architecture, an appetite for hearty food, award-winning newspapers, universities full of Nobel laureates and some of most die-hard sports fans you'll ever meet.

Major Attractions of Chicago are Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Historical Society, Field Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Park, Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, Wrigley Field and many more...

The Chicago Blues Festival is a highly regarded three-day festival held in Grant Park on first weekend in June. Soon after, Grant Park hosts weekend-long Chicago Gospel Festival and, on Labor Day weekend, Chicago Jazz Festival. Taste of Chicago is an enormous festival that closes Grant Park for 10 days leading up to Independence Day in July. The German-American Festival is an enjoyable Oktoberfest-type event held in heart of an old German neighborhood at Lincoln Square during third weekend in September. In May, artistic types get going to Art Chicago. This massive mid-month festival on Navy Pier is a Very Big Deal in Chicago's art world.

Los Angeles has littered world with its paraphernalia. LA may be a figment of its own imagination, but if you long to stand in footsteps of stars and breathe their hallowed air, you've come to right place. Starlit and moonstruck, LA beguiles scores of curious tourists, hopeful starlets and wannabe rock musicians each day. It's a thriving hybrid, a conglomeration of 88 independent cities sprawling over a vast urban maelstrom.

Major Attractions of Los Angeles include Beverly Hills, Disneyland, Downtown Los Angeles, Getty Center, Hollywood, Malibu, Santa Monica, Universal Studios Hollywood, Venice and lots more.

Major events of Los Angeles in April include, pet owners who take their companions to Downtown LA's Olvera St to be blessed on Saturday before Easter. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on May 5 with plenty of south-of-the-border style festivities. In June, LA Pride, Santa Monica Blvd and The Summer Pops Festival runs from June through September at Hollywood Bowl, and in late July, thousands turn out to Hansen Dam Park to have their classic car, hotrod or motorcycle blessed by a real priest. The International Surf Festival hits waves of Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo Beaches in August.LA County Fair, held in Pomona in September, is largest county fair in world. November's AFI-LA Fest is one of country's biggest film festivals, with more than 75 features from around world.